Remembering past events is a process of reconstructing what may have happened based on the details the brain could successfully store and recall. As each day goes by more information is added to our memory. These different memories may contradict each other, they might compliment each other, or they may even obscure one from another in our minds. While we add more information into the filing cabinet inside our head things get forgotten, distorted and some stick out more than others. 

     When I take my own experiences and my own stored memories and try to translate them onto a 2 dimensional surface the result is a conglomeration of experiences that may or may not be distinguished from the next. My eye is naturally drawn to environments involving interesting colors and textures, people interacting with nature or with other people, and even the constricting, thriving life around us as I walked through a street. These flashes of life were what struck me enough to keep walking, observing and continue having each aspect influence my life and my memories.

     Using a layering technique with InkAid transfers I layered different organic forms together in a larger composition. I’ve transformed such images to draw attention to what is stored in our memory and how each image, big or small, has a larger impact on our perception. By creating a seemingly more complex, compound image of things people see everyday, these works require the viewer to closely look at the images layered together and consider how we remember different parts of life. I am layering together images as a celebration of our filed away memories.